Monday – The sixth provincial capital has fallen, this time in a rare move with the city surrendering after the Taliban entered without a will to fight. The tribal elders had reportedly requested them to spare the city, according to the AFP news agency. Afghanistan’s Tolo News reported that the… Continue reading Afghanistan: Provincial capital Aybak surrenders
Sunday – Kunduz, Sar-e-Pol and Taloqan are the latest provincial capitals that have come under Taliban control since Friday. This being their largest single-day gain since the beginning of their offensives against the major cities after they had successfully managed to take control of Afghanistan’s rural areas. In total, they… Continue reading Afghanistan: Three more Provincial Capitals fall
A video circulating on social media shows hundreds of inmates leaving a prison which is allegedly located in Sheberghan, Jowzjan. The Taliban had attacked the city earlier today and are now claiming to have freed all of the prisoners. Sheberghan being the second major city now under Taliban control after… Continue reading Afghanistan: Sheberghan captured, prisoners freed – Taliban
The Taliban assassinated Afghan Government media center’s director in Kabul on Friday. Dawa Khan Menapal was shot in his car while he was leaving a mosque, Taliban claimed to have “punished [him] for his deeds.” The Afghan Government officials called the attack cowardly and US Chargé d’affaires said he was… Continue reading Afghanistan: Taliban kill Gov. spokesperson; capture provincial capital
Three overnight rockets struck Afghanistan’s Kandahar Airport overnight on Saturday. The runway has been damaged and all flights will resume later today. No casualties have been reported. The Taliban have taken responsibility for the attack, as reported by Reuters and their aim being to stop the military operations running from… Continue reading Afghanistan: Rockets land in Kandahar Airport
Update: Death toll rises to 85. Update: Death toll reaches 58. A blast near a girls’ school in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul left 32 dead with many wounded on Saturday. The explosion took place at the western Kabul district, Dashte-e-Barchi as the residents were outside in the markets shopping for the… Continue reading 30 dead and many injured in blast near Afghanistan school
April 14, 2021 – President Biden announced the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. The President referred to it as the end of America’s longest war, while this might be true for the US, Afghanistan is headed towards the beginning of its next civil war with the Taliban on one… Continue reading Afghan War: Aftermath
Standing in the Treaty Room where in October 2001, President George W. Bush had announced the deployment of US troops in Afghanistan for the “War on Terror” after the deadly September 11 attacks that killed 2977 innocents (2065 Americans) and shook not only the United States but the whole World,… Continue reading “It’s time to end America’s longest war” – President Biden